logieal:I bought a GoPro last month and have been using it as a dash cam. Haven't caught much worth while, though.

Dedicated dash cams are a lot cheaper than a Go Pro. Many high quality dash cams cost less than $50.

The GoPro is great for what it does, but it has an entirely different feature set than the dash cams. The good dash cams record a continuous loop of video files, they have a button to push if you want to save (write protect) a specific recording, like when an accident happens. The better ones are continuously plugged into a cig lighter and turn off when the car is turned off. Some even save recordings when the sense a high g load. A few have dual cameras, one for front, another for back, both recorded simultaneously.

My favorite is the one at night, where the car stops for a bunch of guys standing near the side of the road. One of them walks backward, hops up onto the hood, and does a huge operatic flailing "death".

I would suggest everyone get a dash cam. I have one that showed that I entered an intersection well after the light turned green and was slammed into by a bicyclist. He ended up being airlifted to the hospital and has tried suing several times with different lawyers. The dashcam card that the police entered as evidence stops the suits as soon as the lawyer finds out.

drjekel_mrhyde:Better check if it's legal in your state to have a dashcam

In what states would it not be legal to have a dash cam? No one has an expectation of privacy when driving down the road.

It's true that some states have laws regarding audio recordings that are not revealed to all who are recorded. It's also true that a lot of these dash cams record both audio and video. Turning off the audio recording would make these completely legal in all states. Even so, the courts have regularly overturned the recording laws when the recording happened in public, in a place with no expectation of privacy. Generally, these charges are only brought when cops are recorded and the prosecution usually drops the charges before it ever gets to the courts.

The only real risk would be recording a cop who had pulled you over in a state with 2-party audio recording laws. The interesting bit is that most cops have absolutely no expectation of privacy, as they're already recording themselves. If the cops are busting you for recording them, it can only be because they've done something very wrong, something for which you'll be far better off having your own recording of.

Linkster:Driver lost his shiat and drove into the wreckage, if he would have stayed left, he would not have to buy new undies and the rashia

the rear side of his car was hit hard by flying parts, causing him to skid. If he hadn't steered into the skid, he would have spun around clockwise. I think he did a great job keeping control of the vehicle. Running over a few parts after the main wreck was merely incidental.